The King of Staten Island (2020)

[Greg]

Pete Davidson plays Pete Davidson in a movie about Pete Davidson growing up on Staten Island. No mention is ever given to why he is the King. Maybe it's more like a Regency since Davidson lives with his mom, despite being 24

When Pete was young, his fire fighting dad died while fighting a fire. From this incident stems all of his Davidson's problems. And this is a 2 hour plus look at all the problems Davidson is going through. He's got ADHD. He spends the day getting high but the pot's not affecting him anymore. He's on anti-depressants. Probably the worst part is that he has Marisa Tomei for a mom but he's still not Spiderman.

The movie is one big wallow in self pity. And for most of the movie, it looks like Pete will never get out of the self pity pit. 

I was hoping for a few laughs from this Judd Apatow movie but it's never funny. It never rises above depression. I should have stuck to my guns about wondering why people like Pete Davidson.

[Drunk Monk]

I like Pete but heard this was as you say, not funny, which seemed like such a waste. I liked him on SNL. He got Ariana to write a song about him and to boast about his penis size on social media when she was at peak popularity. and I gotta bow down to that. 

I'll give this a pass. Thanks for the warning.

[Drunk Monk]

Pete Davidson: Alive From New York

It's 40 mins of stand up. Not bad. Not great. He talks about SNL, weed, masturbation, sex, Ariana Grande, his dad (who was a fireman who died in 9/11 - something I did not know). I guess I like his stoner humor, and there's some of that. 

I was just looking for something mindless to watch not planning to finish it before heading to the land of nod, but I wound up seeing it through. 

Stand up doesn't work for me like it used to. I long for the days of Pryor and Carlin. 

Actually on Netflix